Re:Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets
by pletnes on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:18AM
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Hobs output >2 kW, phones just... don’t (edit: i.e range of magnetic field is longer)
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Re:Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets
by archi42 on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:14AM
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I'd expect the "receiver"/pot to deform the field enough as to not matter anymore at those distances. Plus, inductive hobs around here tend to detect the presence of a pot and not just try pumping 2kW of energy into "nothing". And you're comparing a dynamically pulsed EM field with the static M field of the alignment magnets - they might be able to heat the reed, but might just not be able actually trigger it (edit: to clarify, that's my guess; I'd expect manufacturers of either devices [ICDs and hobs] to test for potentially lethal problems).